…unemployment rate. Generally speaking, 2% YoY GDP growth equals no change in unemployment. A 4% GDP increase gives you a 1% decrease in unemployment. Contrarily a 0% YoY change in…

…PDF): [T]his paper estimates a New Keynesian model with unemployment and performs a counterfactual experiment where monetary policy strictly follows a Taylor rule over the period 2002:Q1 – 2006:Q4. The…

…proportional to the product of the square roots of the unemployment rate and the vacancy rate. That means, other things equal (which they sure aren’t) that log hiring would be…

…defer it. Because the alternatives are either direct government unemployment benefits on top of a decrease in GDP or a decline in social welfare with generational implications. Another factor may…

…yellow caution flag. Here is an updated look, with this week’s data, of initial claims YoY vs. the unemployment rate (remember that the former leads the latter): The implication is…

…upward pressure on the unemployment rate, since 3.8%* 1.07 and *1.10 indicates an unemployment rate of 4.1% or 4.2%, vs. last month’s 4.0%. The Bonddad Blog The end of “steady…

…unemployed don’t risk starvation any more. The welfare state was quite different back when high unemployment caused sharp deflation. I swear that this post has been edited to make it…

…than $12, thereby leading to the unemployment of you. In essence you are self-imposing a minimum wage on that market, but the employer is responding by leaving you jobless. You…

…when Obama took office. In the modern era every democratic administration saw the unemployment rate fall during their term in office while only one Republican saw the unemployment rate lower…

…Taxes Unemployment and the job market Is there anything you see on this list that is not discussed or presented by our MSM as something their viewers or readers or…